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Islam / Shi'i / Twelvers / Imam /
Hassan al-Askari
Arabic:
'abū muhammadi hassani bni ¢alī
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View of Samarra, Iraq from the spiral minaret of the Friday mosque. Two Shi'i shrines dominate the city; the golden over the tomb of 11th Imam, Hassan al-Askari, the coloured over the tomb of 10th Imam, Ali al-Hadi.
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(846 - 873) The eleventh Imam of the Twelver Shi'i (868- 873).
Hassan al-Askari lived almost his entire life under house arrest (for more information see Ali al Hadi). He was 22 when he received the Imamate. In the 6 following years until he died, his freedom was severely restricted and he was often only able to speak to his followers through intermediaries.
A controversy surrounds the birth of his son and successor, Muhammad al Mahdi, by a Byzantine slave, Narjis Khatun.
A buried in Samarra, where a tomb was built over his grave.
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